# Show Your Previous Login Time After Logging In

> Greets users in the admin with the date, time and IP address of their previous login, so they can spot logins they do not recognize.

- Type: PHP
- Runs: Run everywhere
- Category: [Login](https://wpide.com/library/category/login/)
- Tags: login, security, notices
- Author: WPIDE Team
- Installs: 0
- Updated: 2026-10-28
- Page: https://wpide.com/library/previous-login-notice/

## Code

```php
add_action( 'wp_login', function ( $login, $user ) {
    $ip = isset( $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'] ) ? sanitize_text_field( wp_unslash( $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'] ) ) : '';

    update_user_meta( $user->ID, 'wpide_previous_login', get_user_meta( $user->ID, 'wpide_current_login', true ) );
    update_user_meta( $user->ID, 'wpide_current_login', array( 'time' => time(), 'ip' => $ip ) );
    update_user_meta( $user->ID, 'wpide_show_login_notice', 1 );
}, 10, 2 );

add_action( 'admin_notices', function () {
    $user_id = get_current_user_id();

    if ( ! $user_id || ! get_user_meta( $user_id, 'wpide_show_login_notice', true ) ) {
        return;
    }

    delete_user_meta( $user_id, 'wpide_show_login_notice' );
    $previous = get_user_meta( $user_id, 'wpide_previous_login', true );

    if ( empty( $previous['time'] ) ) {
        return;
    }

    printf(
        '<div class="notice notice-info is-dismissible"><p>Welcome back. Your previous login was on %1$s from IP %2$s. Not you? <a href="%3$s">Change your password</a>.</p></div>',
        esc_html( wp_date( get_option( 'date_format' ) . ' ' . get_option( 'time_format' ), (int) $previous['time'] ) ),
        esc_html( $previous['ip'] ? $previous['ip'] : 'unknown' ),
        esc_url( admin_url( 'profile.php#password' ) )
    );
} );
```

## Notes

Stores the IP address of the last two logins in user meta; mention it in your privacy policy.

## How to use it

Install the free WPIDE plugin (https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpide/), find "Show Your Previous Login Time After Logging In" in its snippet library and add it in one click; or create a new PHP snippet in WPIDE (or any code snippets plugin) and paste the code above. More snippets: https://wpide.com/library/